Saturday, May 31, 2008

Friday, May 30, 2008

Just got finished with my notes for Vision Sunday... You don't want to miss it... What a great time we will have... This will be on JUNE 8th,2008

Our scripture verse is I John 5:12... He who has the SON has Life....

Hey don't forget we have a lot of ministry going on in June...be sure to check out the web-site to find out what happening.

Well it's Friday... We have a great praise report... We thought that we were going to have to pay for broken air conditioners ... but come to find out that the hail had damaged them and the Landlord replace both Air Conditioners... Upgraded one.. and finally it is cool in the church.. thank you Jesus... you are always faithful when we are not...

Well I hope you have a great weekend... Be praying for Tristan Gipson as she heads into surgery next week... Pray and fast for this beautiful little girl...

Monday, May 26, 2008

Hey everyone... what a great day we had yesterday.. Great worship.. Josh rocks... I taught on Peter's Red Flag Warnings... What a great time we had yesterday... several people prayed to rededicate their lives to God... He is so Amazing.... then we headed over to Paul and Mary's Home for our baptism... what a "great" time we had.. We had several people get baptized some for the 1st time others rededicating their lives to HIM.. I am amazed at what God continues to do in Lubbock TX.. with a bunch of misfits... He is way cool... I will try and post a video of he baptism as soon as we get it produced...

Hey don't forget to check out our web site... Mike is doing an amazing job... I love the video of OUR church...

Don't forget Wednesday we will be in I Samuel 10... Saul gets a new Heart...

then On June 8Th... VISION SUNDAY... You don't want to miss that... Great things the Lord wants to do with us...

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Well on Monday I made my way to Amarillo, not for fun but for a Dr's appointment for my truck... You see on Saturday when I went to start it... well it didn't.. Mike Gipson came over after the men's fellowship breakfast and knew just what the problem was... Fuel Pump.. a couple of hits on the bottom of the gas tank... and it started right up... Now I am told by my friend Kevin ( who worked on the truck) that start is a "free one" get it to the mechanic ASAP.. Well through much prayer .. the cost was about a billion dollars... ( $635.00) but if you don't have it... it could be a billion. Well Mike and I thought we could do it... but I had never seen it done or anything... Mike was confident... I was a little scared... well after much prayer the Lord put on my heart a good friend who goes to Grace Church in Amarillo, he fixed my truck once before... I called him on Sunday and he said if you can get it here... we fixed for a very reasonable price.. not free but a good price... so Monday morning around 7:45am I was off to Amarillo... the truck started (thank you Jesus) and I was on my way... I had no problems and when I got there we picked up the part and 2 hrs later he was DONE... Praise God... But not only did my truck get fixed... I found a great way to Outreach our Youth in Lubbock...turns out that Kevin is a race car driver and he showed me his latest creation... (check out pics) we thought we would bring it down here and turn it on in the neighborhood... what power, speed, looks, and yet what a platform to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ to others... well that's my story...

don't forget we will be in I Samuel 9... The Sovereignty of God!! bring a friend.. I can't wait to see what God will do...

Friday, May 16, 2008

Hey sorry I haven't posted in awhile it's been a long week... It started out with what I thought was a stomach bug... but ended up being the flu... I was out of it on Monday and Tuesday... Thank God by Wednesday night I was running around 90%.. The study was awesome... we had great worship, Josh rocks. I taught our of I Samuel 8... How Israel demanded a King... for security and battles... and yet we do that same thing... what kings are we asking for each and every day of our lives... It should only be the KING OF KINGS...

Well I just finished studying for Sunday... we will be in John 18:1-14 " A Betrayal, Arrest and a Missing Ear" Come out for a time of worship and teaching... hey don't forget to invite someone..

Don't forget tomorrow is our monthly Men's Fellowship Breakfast.. Starts at 7:00am and It wouldn't be the same without you.

On a sad note... Please pray for my friend Wayne.. his brother passed away today.. keep him and his family in prayer...

Friday, May 9, 2008

Hey guys... just wanted to say Hope you have a Happy Mothers day.. We will be in John 17... as we continue to make our way through this Gospel.... We normally don't do a special message on holidays.. Our heart is to be very cautious with those who have lost children or can't have children... We believe that Mom's are the best... as a matter of fact I have a great mother in law who is awesome. So we just try to let people know how much we do love them... but try not to make them feel less special or yucky simply due to what life has given them... so we will be in John 17 " the real lords prayer" but you might want to invite a friend who doesn't know the Lord, it will be a awesome message with a great invitation to join God's family... You don't want to miss it... God instructions are clear... Go therefore and make disciples of all nations...That's our vision... To teach people to become faithful disciples of Jesus Christ. Hope to see you on Sunday...Love youBen

Monday, May 5, 2008

Hello, hope you are doing well. We had an awesome service yesterday.. The teaching was out of John 16:16-33 Jesus gives His farewell address and teaches His Disciples that People will See Him if they look with the eyes of their heart. Through out the ages people can see Jesus in the lives of true believers... What an awesome day... 2 people prayed to receive Christ and I believe that we have turned the corner... So our thought life is on evangelism. Everyone Needs Jesus.. We need to be passionate about Him and let Him shine and reflect in our lives... then people will see the Risen Savior....On another note: We had a blast in Florida, we learned so much and ate so much.. the trip back home was long... but man is it good to be "Home" I love this place and I love you guys...It was so good to sleep in your own bed... Well better go for now... we have some folks painting so I'm wondering what they are up to..haha..Love YouPastor Ben

Friday, May 2, 2008

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Hello all, had a great time with the fellows in cck, wow what a team these guys rock.. The rock for Jesus and do it hard.. We had a great time sitting in and asking questions. Lots of info... Way good fruit. Can't wait until tomorrow... were headed to the beach...

Hello everyone, we are on day number 2 as we get ready to go back to cck do join them for their staff meeting... what a great privilege to be here. We finally got some sleep and now we are ready for what God has for us. Please pray as we listen to what we should be learning...I know that we can't compare churches...but we can apply leadership principles that we learn so we can honor Jesus...Check back often... will post more later...oh by the way... don't OPEN the comment box from Kaler... it says nothing and could be a virus..1st time for me all tell you...have a blessed dayPastor Ben

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About Me

Pastor Ben is the Senior Pastor of Calvary Chapel in Lubbock Texas.
His support is from his beautiful wife Nathalie and his two lovely daughters, Talia and Maranda. Ben started out in normal Calvary fashion… in the nursery! From there, Ben served at Calvary Chapel in Santa Fe, and in Rio Rancho in various roles, and most recently was the Assistant Pastor at Calvary Chapel in Rio Rancho NM. During the four years that Ben served as an assistant Pastor at Calvary Chapel Rio Rancho, he was being trained to go out and plant a church. After being ordained in November 2002, the Lord began to work on the heart of Ben, as well as the heart of his Pastor and family, that it was time to step out and begin a "new work" in Texas.
Calvary Chapel Rio Rancho sent out Pastor Ben in October 2003. The first Bible study began in November and one year later became officially affiliated as Calvary Chapel Lubbock.